September 8, 2015 3:41pm EDTSeptember 8, 2015 3:41pm EDTAll Sports, American Football, News, EnglishThe NISD held a press conference Tuesday to announce the latest following a ref being hit during a San Antonio high school football game.Texas high school official gets hit during game(YouTube)

The Northside Independent School District held a news conference Tuesday and announced an assistant coach was suspended as a result of players apparently targeting a referee in the middle of a high school football game in San Antonio.

Video surfaced this past week of two players from John Jay High School — senior Mike Moreno and sophomore Victor Rojas — hitting a referee in the closing minutes of a game. On Tuesday, a few details of the investigation were announced.

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A major development is that assistant coach Mack Breed has been placed on administrative leave for saying to the players, "that guy needs to pay for cheating us," referring to the ref. Breed coached the John Jay secondary, which included Moreno and Rojas. Head coach Gary Gutierrez was reportedly not aware of the alleged conversation between Breed and the players.

In addition, the players said they felt wronged by missed or wrong calls by the refs. They also alleged racial slurs were directed at them by the umpire. NISD athletic director Stan Laing said there were two different racial slur allegations involving the one official.

The NISD is in the process of filing an official complaint to the officials’ association about the racial slur allegation.

"We are cooperating with the officials’ association and the University Interscholastic League in this investigation."

The NISD also announced it is viewing this investigation as an assualt on a school official. It was also announced the school's football season will not be cancelled as a result of this incident. No timeline on the investigation was given.

"All of us are heartbroken over the situation that occurred at the game Friday night between John Jay and Marble Falls," said Brian. T. Woods, superintendent of schools. "The incident is shameful and in no way reflects who Northside ISD and Jay High School are. There are almost 3,000 students who attend Jay HS, a school that has a long rich history which is well earned."

The official involved, Robert Watts, spoke recently about the incident. He told a local newspaper he is considering filing a lawsuit and said, "libel and slander have already been committed against me." Watts has also said he wants to press charges against the players.

Marble Falls, Texas police said Tuesday morning they are ready to present a case if Watts decides to take action.

“We’re going to present a finalized investigation to the prosecution,” Dillard said, via My San Antonio. “An ultimate charging decision will be up to him.”